Check guard



V. CHELENA.

CHECK GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 192l- VINCENT CHELENA, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CHECK GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 14;, 1922. v

Application filed August 2, 1921. Serial No. 489,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT CHELENA, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Check Guards; and Idohereby declare that the following is'a full. clear, and exactdescription such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has referenceto improvements in check guards having foran object to provide a portable guard of the character mentioned whichis of such construction as will permit the same to be easily and quicklyattached .to a pen or pencil without alteration thereto and used formarking checks subsequent to their writing, in a manner to preventfraudulent alteration or raising of the same. e

It is also an object of the invention to provide a check guard having anovel form of frame therefor, a portion of which is bent upon itself toprovide a spring or yieldable support for the check marking device.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readilyunderstood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanyingillustrative drawings and in the detailed following description basedthereon, set out one embodiment of the same.

In these drawings: 7

Figure 1 is an elevation of a penwith the check guard attached;

Figure 2 is a plan View of the guard frame blank;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the guard;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same; and,

Figure 5 is an end elevation thereof.

Having more particular reference to the drawings in connection withwhich like characters of reference will designatecorrespending partsthroughout, my improved check guard or marking device comprlses a frameor attaching clip indicated in its on tirety by the numeral 1, thisframe consisting of a single piece of spring metal, one portion of whichis looped upon itself as at 2, while the opposite portion is curvedinwardly as at 3 whereby to provide means for effectually engaging theframe with a pen 4, or a pencil or other device to which it is desiredto attach the guard. In this connection, it will be understood that dueto the inherent resiliency of the frame 1, the curved portion 3 thereofwill firmly and snugly engage the pen 4 and by consequence,

displacement-of the same with relation therevides means for receivingthe check marking device and inthis connection, it is to be noted thatthe'outer side of said looped portion is cut away, to provide asubstantially rectangular opening 5, while aperture'd ears 6 .are bentinwardly from the opposite ends of said looped portion. andserve asefl'ec tual bearing means for a circular or barrel like marking device 7This device 7 is provided with a plurality of series ofcircumferentially disposed square pointed teeth 8 at intervals along itsperipheral surface whereby when the device 7 is rolled over a check orother piece of paper or material, it will form a plurality of parallelrows of square holes in the face of the same.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that by the loopedformation of the portion 2 of the frame l, the inner side of said loopedpart by bearing upon the adjacent surface of the pen 4 will afford aresilient or spring support for the marking device 7 and by consequence,will cause the squared teeth 8 on said device to engage the paper orother material to be marked sufficiently to form the squaredperforations therein.

In using my improved check guard, I preferably roll the same over thereverse side of a check or other piece of material to be marked, thusforming a plurality of upstanding extensions on the face thereof, which,if attempts at altering or raising the check are made, will be torn andby consequence will noticeably mutilate the check to such an extent asto prevent its fraudulent use. Furthermore, with tearing of theupstanding extensions formed on the face of the check by the improvedguard, it will be understood that the raising of a check subsequently tothe making of an erasure will be prevented, since the ink used in thewriting or raising operation will be permitted to flow into theperforations formed by the torn upstanding extensions.

It is of course to be understood that my improved check guard may beformed of various sizes such as conditions or preference may dictate andfurthermore, that the size of attaching device or frame therefor may bevaried in size and shape to permit its engagement With either pens orpencils of different sizes, or various other articles, such as may bedesired.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is Within the scope of my claims,Iconsider Within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A check guard comprising an attaching frame formed of a single pieceof spring metal having one portion thereof curved to permit ofengagement with an article, and a barrel-like marking device rotatablymounted on the opposite portion of said frame having a pluralityofseries of circumferentially disposed squared ,pointed teeth formed onits peripheral surface.

' 2. A check guard comprising an attaching frameformed of a single pieceof spring metal having one portion thereof bent at substantially rightangles and looped, the outer side of said looped portion being cut awayto form an opening, a barrel-like marking device engaged in said openingand rotatably supported adjacent the outer side of said looped portion,having a portion thereof extendxl through said opening, and theremaining portion of said frame being curved upon itself to permit theengagement with a supporting article.

' 3. A check guard comprising a frame formed of a single piece of springmetal, having one portion thereof bent at substantially right angles andlooped, the outer side of said looped portion being cut away to providea substantially rectangular opening, apertured ears on the opposite endof said outer side of the looped portion, a drum like marking devicerotatably mounted in said apertured bearings having a portion thereofextended outwardlythrough the rectangular opening, the opposite side ofsaid attaching frame beingcurved inwardly to provide means for engagingthe same with a supporting article, the inner side of said loopedportion bearing against the support ing article whereby to provide ayieldable support for said drum-like marking device.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. v

VINCENT CHELENA.

